Eeeeeeee. Boom! The sound you hear every night at least 2 weeks before Guy Fawkes Night. Oh yes, it was that time of the year again. Where no-one got any sleep, especially if you lived near an unused piece of land, or a park.
I was fortunate enough to live no where near one. But that didn't stop the noise. Where there's a will there's a way. And people found places to set them off regardless. I have two children, quite young, and so loved the fireworks. They would never forgive me we didn't set any off ourselves.
so I trotted off to the local shop, and purchased some sparklers, and fire bangers. I needed something small, as we are paving up the garden and a skip hire company had placed the skip in the front garden, and the back was all dug up.
With the sparklers, the garden was already a mess so we could make do. The kids weren't very pleased as they wanted fireworks like their friend Taz had in school. I got them shouting at me day and night. I finally gave in and got them some.
I saved them for closer to the day, and kept it as bargining chip, to get them to behave! As for the work being done in our garden, well the skip was full, so I called the skip hire copmpany and agot them to take it away and deliver me another one. They bought me one staright away. skip hire was a doddle compared to raising kids!
I didn't know where to set off the fireworks, the garden was a no go area and the front had no room. It was a real dilemma by any standards.
thinking about things, I had a eureka moment. The skip was empty. It was steel. It looked safe to use as a starting point for the firework! Im sure the skip hire company would thank me, they have a new avenue in which they could promote their skips now!
hands shaking from excitement, I placed the first firework in the skip, and ran back to where the kids were waiting in anticipation far away. The firework went a little wrong. Instead of flying up, it fell on its side before it flew and bounced off the side of the skip! it flew out at an angle and into our house...setiing it alight!
Luckily, me nor the kids got injured in the process and we got insurance for the house damage. The skip hire company however, were far from happy. Which I totally understand of course, my advice is never use a skip with fireworks! - 16955
I was fortunate enough to live no where near one. But that didn't stop the noise. Where there's a will there's a way. And people found places to set them off regardless. I have two children, quite young, and so loved the fireworks. They would never forgive me we didn't set any off ourselves.
so I trotted off to the local shop, and purchased some sparklers, and fire bangers. I needed something small, as we are paving up the garden and a skip hire company had placed the skip in the front garden, and the back was all dug up.
With the sparklers, the garden was already a mess so we could make do. The kids weren't very pleased as they wanted fireworks like their friend Taz had in school. I got them shouting at me day and night. I finally gave in and got them some.
I saved them for closer to the day, and kept it as bargining chip, to get them to behave! As for the work being done in our garden, well the skip was full, so I called the skip hire copmpany and agot them to take it away and deliver me another one. They bought me one staright away. skip hire was a doddle compared to raising kids!
I didn't know where to set off the fireworks, the garden was a no go area and the front had no room. It was a real dilemma by any standards.
thinking about things, I had a eureka moment. The skip was empty. It was steel. It looked safe to use as a starting point for the firework! Im sure the skip hire company would thank me, they have a new avenue in which they could promote their skips now!
hands shaking from excitement, I placed the first firework in the skip, and ran back to where the kids were waiting in anticipation far away. The firework went a little wrong. Instead of flying up, it fell on its side before it flew and bounced off the side of the skip! it flew out at an angle and into our house...setiing it alight!
Luckily, me nor the kids got injured in the process and we got insurance for the house damage. The skip hire company however, were far from happy. Which I totally understand of course, my advice is never use a skip with fireworks! - 16955
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